Elliott Street Supportive Housing Development
BC Housing has submitted an Official Community Plan and Rezone application to develop a supportive housing complex on Elliott Street. The proposal is for BC Housing to purchase 11 lots on Elliott Street to develop a supportive housing complex that would better meet the increasing mental health and addictions healthcare needs of the proposed facility’s residents and would result in the relocation of Season’s House from Carson Avenue. The City’s Public Hearing for the proposed Official Community Plan and Rezone application has been rescheduled to Monday, September 18, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall Council Chambers due to new information being brought forward from City staff in two different reports that were presented to Council include a summary report of the Proponent’s (BC Housing) Public Open House held on August 15, 2017, as well as, a report of the operational agreements for this proposed development with the following highlights from each report.
Public’s Input - Summary
Operational Agreements - Summary
Agreements will be brought to a future Council meeting and must be established prior to Council’s consideration of any final readings of the proposed OCP and Zone Amendment bylaws. These agreements include:
Next steps include the Operational Agreements being finalized and the September 18, 2017 Public Hearing.
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U-Pass Program – North Cariboo Community Campus
U-Pass agreements between the City of Quesnel, BC Transit, University of Northern British Columbia, College of New Caledonia and both students unions for these post-secondary institutions located in Quesnel have been approved. Effective September 2017, students at the North Cariboo Community Campus in Quesnel will all contribute, some exemptions apply, to the U-Pass program that will provide transit at a reduced-rate, and free drop-in admission to the Arts and Recreation Centre for the pool, gym, and drop in fitness classes.
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West Fraser Centre – Concession Agreement
Rocky’s Concession has been awarded, through an Expression of Interest process, a five-year management and operation of the food and beverage concession at the newly constructed West Fraser Centre that is scheduled to open September 16, 2017.
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Shipping Containers in Residential Areas
Zone Amendment Bylaw 1828 received final adoption and prohibits any further additions of shipping containers for residential properties. The primary concern for prohibiting shipping containers for residential properties is the safety of Quesnel’s Fire Fighters. There have been fatalities of fire fighters, in the province, due to sealed shipping containers exploding. For more information regarding shipping containers, please contact the Development Services department.
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Bylaws
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Next Meetings
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